Introducing the “underpants index” Van der Heijden et al. recruited 1,000 volunteers from 25 countries—240 of whom are listed as […]
Category: agriculture
As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers
“This is definitely a case of environmental injustice,” she said. “If they had access to capital, to land, to nondiscriminatory […]
Everyone pays the price as patent holders on seeds stifle innovation
The US is one of a handful of countries that allow patents on plant varieties. The United States is one […]
Some stinkbugs’ legs carry a mobile fungal garden
Many insect species hear using tympanal organs, membranes roughly resembling our eardrums but located on their legs. Grasshoppers, mantises, and […]
Termite farmers fine-tune their weed control
Skip to content The termites know how much of their agricultural area has been taken over by weeds. Odontotermes obesus […]
In the Southwest, solar panels can help both photovoltaics and crops
Cultivation in a harsh climate Solar arrays can shade crops from sun while moisture cools the panels to increase their […]
USDA cuts could cause long-term damage, reverse hard-won progress
For decades, environmental and farm groups pushed Congress, the USDA and farmers to adopt new conservation programs, but progress came […]
Trump admin. fires USDA staff working on bird flu, immediately backpedals
Over the weekend, the Trump administration fired several frontline responders to the ongoing H5N1 bird flu outbreak—then quickly backpedaled, rescinding […]